PROVINCETOWN — At the annual town meeting on April 4, a hearty debate broke out on the merits of spending to promote tourism and housing. The proximate cause was a […]
Provincetown Business Guild
TOURISM
The Chamber and the Guild: The Way It Was
How Provincetown came to have two business groups
PROVINCETOWN — Eight LGBTQ business owners pooled their money in 1978 and started marketing Provincetown to gay tourists. They spent less than $1,000 on ads in New York theater magazines […]
HEADS & BEDS
With Rates Up, There Are No Rooms for Workers
Tourists will need to pack their patience
PROVINCETOWN — The new executive director of the Provincetown Business Guild does not have a place to live for the summer. Stephan Hengst, who was hired in January to fill […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Turkeys Will Trot
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Nov. 18 […]
IMMUNITY
Local Businesses, Health Care Providers Resist Requiring Vaccine
Experts agree on the vaccines’ effectiveness, but not on mandates
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information since its publication in the Aug. 5 print edition. PROVINCETOWN — Since May, Patrick Patrick, head of the Provincetown Chamber […]
FEAR ITSELF
Walking Carnival Parade Nixed for This August
Select board bows to police chief’s fears for public health
PROVINCETOWN — The theme for the 43rd Carnival parade, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” was supposed to evoke a return to the good life after the long pandemic. But the select […]
By the Yard
The Provincetown Business Guild hosts its “Monumental Yard Sale Weekend” on Saturday, May 22nd and Sunday, May 23rd. Register your yard sale at ptown.org.
Bingo Benefit
Pilgrim House, at 336 Commercial St. in Provincetown, will host the Provincetown Business Guild’s “Drag Bingo Extravaganza” with Mackenzie and Austin on Friday, September 18th, and Saturday, September 19th, 7 […]
Bingo Benefit
Pilgrim House, at 336 Commercial St. in Provincetown, will host the Provincetown Business Guild’s “Drag Bingo Extravaganza” with Mackenzie and Austin on Friday, September 18th, and Saturday, September 19th, 7 […]
CIVICS
The Postal Service Is a Lifeline for Local Businesses
In remote places like the Outer Cape, as online sales grow, so does reliance on USPS
As the future of the U.S. Postal Service, which President Trump has called “a joke,” continues to be ominously clouded, a key group of the service’s users on the Outer […]
Freedom Virtual Beach Party 2020
Party to Go-Go
The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, in collaboration with Live From Provincetown, will be celebrating Independence Day online with its Freedom Virtual Beach Party 2020 on Saturday, July 4, at […]
ECONOMY
Creative Business Ideas for Summer Survival
Dining tables on Commercial Street, a lottery for rooms, beer trailers
PROVINCETOWN — Business owners are getting creative with plans for surviving what has been a devastating spring and will be a slow summer.
ECONOMY
Provincetown’s Theme Weeks Mostly Canceled
Months of uncertainty spell doom for tourist draws
PROVINCETOWN — The calendar of events that structures summertime in Provincetown has been nearly wiped clean. Bear Week, Family Week, and the Provincetown International Film Festival have all been suspended […]
currents
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead All meetings are held using videoconferencing. To join a meeting live, click on the link to the meeting on the town’s home page calendar at provincetown-ma.gov. To watch […]
currents
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, March 5 Recycling & Renewable Energy Committee, 9 a.m., Caucus Hall, Town Hall Economic Development Committee, 11 a.m., Room 93, Veterans Memorial Harbor Committee & Provincetown Public […]
